Shortlisted for the British Book Awards Best Debut Fiction
An IndieNext Pick for March 2024
Named a Best Book of 2024 (So Far) the BBC
Named a Best Book of February 2024 by People Magazine
Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2024 by Debutiful
Named one of Electric Literature\'s \"42 Queer Books You Need to Read in 2024\"

\"Gray skillfully blends a rom-com-like breeziness with incisive, nuanced commentary on societal expectations, modern disconnection, responsibility in relationships and selfhood. . . What both Hera and this reader expect to happen in the relationship happens, but this doesn\'t come as a disappointment. Instead, the novel earns its way toward a satisfactory resolution for Hera, who is, after all, the hero of the story.\"
-Alexandra Chang, The New York Times Book Review

\"A heartfelt debut about the joys and disasters of young adulthood.\"
-People Magazine

\"An exceptionally funny debut . . . Perceptive and hilarious, Hera charges ahead, fully aware of the trope into which she has stumbled. Gray\'s prose circumvents any hint of banality; the language is too raw, too funny, too simultaneously irreverent and vulnerable.\"
-Jackie Thomas-Kennedy, Minneapolis Star Tribune

\"Conversations with Friends meets Several People Are Typing.\"
-Michelle Hart, Electric Literature

\"Gray\'s debut is a laugh-out-loud, messy love affair that is a refreshing take on younger women and older married men.\"
-Debutiful

\"Woven with layers, from the love affair at its surface to the enthralling depths of what it means to be alive, Green Dot is rich, meaningful and hilarious. With a messy narrator who you are guaranteed to love, this is the kind of story that sets itself apart.\"
-Isabelle McConville, B&N Reads

\"Green Dot is a sparkling debut-laugh out loud funny and achingly sad.\"
-Gillian Anderson, award-wining actress

\"[Gray] is such a major talent. . . . so painfully and yet whoopingly witty at the same time. What a writer!\"
-Nigella Lawson, author of Nigella Express

\"By the time Hera finds out that Arthur is married, it\'s already too late-she\'s enamored. Gray\'s writing skillfully captures the passion of their early trysts. The sex scenes crackle with energy, and the chemistry between Hera and Arthur is believable and seductive. . . A breezy, heartfelt coming-of-age story for Gen Zers concerned with how to grow up without growing cold.\"
-Kirkus Reviews

\"Hera is vibrantly written, and Gray thankfully provides her narration with enough distance for self-clarity. . . . Gray\'s unflinching bildungsroman is great fun.\"
-Publishers Weekly

\"This book! What a gutting, funny, smart, smart, smart book it is, one that I absolutely inhaled while almost constantly emotionally bracing myself. Madeleine Gray is a hilarious, humane, and highly perceptive writer.\"
-Claire Lombardo, New York Times bestselling author of The Most Fun We Ever Had

\"I wolfed Green Dot down over two nights. An incredibly funny book about a woman having an affair that\'s a really bad idea. Every sentence sparkles.\"
-Caitlin Moran, New York Times bestselling author of How To Be A Woman

\"Madeleine Gray takes a scalpel to millennial malaise, office romance, and infidelity, and the result is a brainy, gutsy, nervy-and hilarious-wonder of a novel.\"
-Meg Howrey, author of They\'re Going to Love You